Luis Scola was asked what Sunday will mean to him, and he didn't hesitate with the answer.
"Everything," he said.
The veteran Argentine forward didn’t need to give more of an explanation. The FIBA World Cup title is one win away, and Scola made sure his ...

Luis Scola scored 20 points, Facundo Campazzo finished with 18 points and 12 assists and Argentina earned its first trip to the FIBA World Cup semifinals in 13 years by ousting Serbia 97-87 in a quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday.
Patricio Garino added 15 for Argentina ...

Winger Bautista Delguy scored four tries as Argentina romped to a 74-0 victory over Australian club Randwick at Coogee Oval on Saturday in the Pumas' final match before the Rugby World Cup.
The two-time World Cup semifinalist ran in 12 tries in total as it ...

At 39, Luis Scola is not slowing down.
He's moving up.
Scola climbed into the No. 2 spot on FIBA's all-time World Cup scoring list on Monday, his 23 points helping Argentina hold off Nigeria 94-81 in a Group B game in Wuhan, China, to clinch ...

Argentina's government authorized currency controls Sunday in an about-face by President Mauricio Macri, who had previously lifted many protectionist practices of his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
The central bank is now authorized to restrict purchases of dollars as it burns through its reserves in ...

Japan competed resiliently against world No. 5 Argentina but fell 108-93 in a warm-up contest for the FIBA World Cup at Saitama Super Arena on Thursday night.
Japan will play Germany and Tunisia in additional warm-up games at the same arena as part of a ...

France-based loose forward Facundo Isa was a shock omission from the 31-man Argentina Rugby World Cup named Monday by coach Mario Ledesma.
Instead, outsider Rodrigo Bruno got the nod and is among 26 players from the Jaguares, the Super Rugby runners-up, who will travel to ...

Brazil's backsliding on Amazon conservation under right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and a likely Peronist return to power in Argentina could delay or even derail ratification of an EU-Mercosur trade agreement that took two decades to negotiate.
Deforestation has surged since Bolsonaro's election last year. His ...

South Africa has changed all 15 starters for its Rugby World Cup warm-up test against Argentina, including the recall of captain Siya Kolisi for his first international this season after injury.
Kolisi returned at openside flanker in the team named on Wednesday but is not ...

Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it will stop making cars in Argentina next year as part of efforts to streamline its production allocation worldwide.
The automaker produced about 10,000 units of its HR-V sport utility vehicle and around 100,000 motorcycles at its plant in Campana, ...

World Cup winner Jose Luis Brown, who scored Argentina's opening goal in the 1986 World Cup final against West Germany, has died at the age of 62, local media reported on Monday.
The country's football association confirmed the former central defender's death in a tweet, ...

Argentine President Mauricio Macri said he can still get re-elected in October even after ending a key primary vote more than 15 percentage points behind his main contender.
Sunday's defeat to opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez is a result of the economic hardship South America's second-largest ...